μελέτη

See also: Μελέτη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μελέτα (meléta) — Doric, Aeolic

Etymology

Likely from ; a relationship to μέλι (méli, “honey”) has been proposed, but the words have no semantic connection.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.lé.tɛː/ → /meˈle.ti/ → /meˈle.ti/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.lé.tɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /meˈle.te̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /meˈle.ti/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /meˈle.ti/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /meˈle.ti/

Noun

μελέτη • (melétē) f (genitive μελέτης); first declension

1. care, attention
2. practice, exercise

Declension

First declension of ἡ μελέτη; τῆς μελέτης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μελέτη hē melétē	τὼ μελέτᾱ tṑ melétā	αἱ μελέται hai melétai
Genitive	τῆς μελέτης tês melétēs	τοῖν μελέταιν toîn melétain	τῶν μελετῶν tôn meletôn
Dative	τῇ μελέτῃ têi melétēi	τοῖν μελέταιν toîn melétain	ταῖς μελέταις taîs melétais
Accusative	τὴν μελέτην tḕn melétēn	τὼ μελέτᾱ tṑ melétā	τᾱ̀ς μελέτᾱς tā̀s melétās
Vocative	μελέτη melétē	μελέτᾱ melétā	μελέται melétai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• μελετάω (meletáō)

Further reading

• “μελέτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μελέτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μελέτη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • application idem, page 36.
  • assiduity idem, page 46.
  • attention idem, page 51.
  • care idem, page 113.
  • diligence idem, page 224.
  • discipline idem, page 229.
  • exercise idem, page 291.
  • heed idem, page 394.
  • pain idem, page 588.
  • perseverance idem, page 607.
  • practice idem, page 631.
  • regard idem, page 686.
  • rehearsal idem, page 688.
  • sedulousness idem, page 748.
  • training idem, page 887.